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Wall Street Daily’s Best Video Posts 2012

WallStreetDaily.com As I mentioned yesterday, with most of the staff away for the holidays, we’re digging through the archives for the rest of December to bring you the top articles of 2012. Yesterday, we let popularity rule and listed the top five articles based on reader interest. Today, we’re narrowing…

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Kris Sayce: Uncensored

Dear Reader, It’s not very often Money Morning editor Kris Sayce has time for a chat. Luckily for us, he kindly agreed to sit down and reflect on the year that’s been and the one that’s coming. If you’ve read Money Morning for a while, you’ll know Kris doesn’t hold…

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Botswana holds rate, sees inflation moving to target

    Botswana’s central bank kept its Bank Rate steady at 9.5 percent, saying economic output will remain below potential in the medium while inflation is expected to move toward the bank’s target in the second half of 2013 but remain above target in the short run due to temporary…

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Central Bank News Link List – Dec. 26, 2012: New Japan PM Abe says will pursue bold monetary policy

Here’s today’s Central Bank News link list, click through if you missed the previous link list. The list comprises news about central banks that is not covered by Central Bank News. The list is updated during the day with the latest developments so readers don’t miss any important news New Japan PM…

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Goldman Sachs: Should we all be macro stock screening?

Source: Stockopedia – Stock Market Research Network 2012 has of course yet been another year dominated by Macro, with wild swings in sentiment caused by the European debt crisis and the threat of Middle Eastern conflict. The “risk-on” vs. “risk-off” attitude of the market  has been driving driving most hardened…

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Best of Wall Street Daily – 2012

WallStreetDaily.com With much of our staff away visiting family for the holidays, we thought it would be a good time to look back at our best research of 2012. So we’ve been scouring the archives to track down Wall Street Daily’s top articles of the year. We’ve even narrowed the…

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Israel trims rate 25 bps, cuts growth, inflation forecasts

    Israel’s central bank cut its policy rate by 25 basis points to 1.75 percent, a move expected by some economists, saying inflation is continuing to decline and economic growth was still weakening.    The Bank of Israel (BOI), which has cut by 100 basis points this year, also cut…

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Forex: Large Currency Speculators add to US Dollar short positions. Euro bets at lowest short level of the year

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators continued to add to their overall short position in the US dollar last week for a fourth straight week. Non-commercial large futures traders, including hedge funds…

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Central Bank News Link List – Dec. 24, 2012: Japan’s Abe heaps pressure on BOJ to set 2 percent inflation target

Here’s today’s Central Bank News link list, click through if you missed the previous link list. The list comprises news about central banks that is not covered by Central Bank News. The list is updated during the day with the latest developments so readers don’t miss any important news Japan’s Abe heaps…

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Monetary Policy Week in Review – Dec. 22, 2012: Six of 14 central banks cut rates, policy debate picks up speed

    Last week 14 central banks took monetary policy decisions, with six banks cutting rates (Hungary, Sweden, Turkey, Georgia, Colombia and Vietnam) and eight banks leaving rates on hold (India, Morocco, Norway, Taiwan, Czech Republic, Japan, Armenia and Trinidad & Tobago), accelerating the global trend toward easier monetary policy….

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